Limitations of Using Regression and Mean Separation Analyses for Describing the Response of Crop Yield to Defoliation: A Case Study of the Colorado Potato Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Potato

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-20

  Nault, Brian A ^a,b   Kennedy, George G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado potato beetle; Defoliation; Economic injury level; Mean separation procedures; Regression; Yield

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0002963332     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.1.7     Document Type: Review

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